It's just a little wood and glass. So why is getting stuff framed so expensive?

Tech Insider : Economy
A $100 in frames
Getting stuff framed is a confounding and expensive endeavor. Does it really have to be like this?

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

At the start of the year, I decided that I would become America's bravest woman. I would frame some art on my own.

An incredible new map could help bring down America's sky-high home prices

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
Houses rising out of a map

Adrián Astorgano for BI

Sorry, parents: The American dream is only for DINKS

Tech Insider : Economy
A house and a pacifier icon cut out of a quarter
This year, homebuyers with children are likely to spend 66% of their income on mortgage and childcare expenses, Zillow found.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Get used to it: America's winters will be a lot less snowy from now on

Tech Insider : Sports, Economy
Outside a window, a child tries to muster up enough snow for a snowman but can't quite. Inside, a photo frame with the same child next to a giant snowman in a snowy version of the same landscape.
Last December was the warmest on record for much of the Midwest. It's the beginning of a new normal.

Tara Anand for BI

2 major employers said they stopped paying for weight-loss drugs like Wegovy after the drugmaker threatened to penalize them

Tech Insider
A wegovy pen in shadow

Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images; BI

Taylor Swift's gameday outfits are a touchdown for fashion brands

Tech Insider
Taylor Swift

Reed Hoffmann/AP; Ed Zurga/AP; RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Swifties are in their shopping era.

Why America loves the NFL

Tech Insider : Sports, Sports
A bald eagle holding a football
The NFL holds a unique space in Americans' hearts and minds, even as the media landscape has fractured into smaller and smaller niches.

iStock; BI

From hiking in the Alps to snorkeling in Hawaii, it's never been a better time to be a DINK

Tech Insider : Economy
A couple drinks wine while a couple with kids walks past
More and more Americans see being a DINK as the key to a new American dream of financial stability, freedom of choice, and a comfortable retirement.

Andrea Chronopoulos for BI

Elizabeth Johnson and her husband hit the vacation circuit hard in 2023.

Everyone used to hate cubicles. Now we long to have them back.

Tech Insider : Economy
A sparkling cubicle
The return to the office has made the long-despised cubicle seem great, actually.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

The video game industry is in trouble. Here's why.

Tech Insider
A glitching video game controller
Is it "Game Over" for the video game industry? It faces trying times ahead.

iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Subscribe to rebecca-zisser